From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 11 08:43:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3F8A16A42D for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:43:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@gmx.at) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9129A43D5A for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:42:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@gmx.at) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 11 Mar 2006 08:42:49 -0000 Received: from 126.49.79.83.cust.bluewin.ch (EHLO [192.168.1.10]) [83.79.49.126] by mail.gmx.net (mp010) with SMTP; 11 Mar 2006 09:42:49 +0100 X-Authenticated: #912863 Message-ID: <44128D8C.2070302@gmx.at> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:42:52 +0100 From: "lars@gmx.at" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060203) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20060228085822.GA88352@afflictions.org> <20060310233849.GA10106@afflictions.org> In-Reply-To: <20060310233849.GA10106@afflictions.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.0 on IBM BladeCenter HS20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lars@gmx.at List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:43:14 -0000 Damian Gerow wrote: > Thus spake fbsd_user (fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) [10/03/06 08:59]: > : I see you both have Bladecenters. > : Have you had any luck with getting FreeBSD to install on it yet. > : > : What is the status of your efforts. > : > : Been offered contract to do this for client, > : but need to know if it can be done before I accept the job. > > I have yet to get it working, but I've been focusing explicitly on an > Opteron blade using an amd64 install. It seems as though you may have luck > by using an Intel blade (these are by far more common), and doing the > install via the Java-based console provided by the Management Module. It > seems as though the keyboard just 'works' once you boot into an installed > system. > > However, as I've not personally gotten it to work (and won't be able to play > with it for at least another two weeks), I can only say I suspect that > approach will work. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Maybe this might help: http://wiki.bsdforen.de/index.php/FreeBSD_On_IBM_Blade